Fred Sekibengo, the driver of the truck that killed Doreen Tashobya, the Entebbe Municipality MP Rose Tumusiime’s daughter and a one Patrick Busingye a care taker was on Friday sentenced to two years in prison. Sekibengo, was surprisingly grateful to the court after the pronouncements. He knelt and thanked the court for “being lenient to him”, saying he had been threatened at the Police that he would be jailed for life.
The truck he was driving rammed into and killed Busingye, a motorcyclist and Tashobya who were riding a bodaboda motorcycle at Muzinga Park near Entebbe State House on June 21, 2016.
Sekibengo was charged with one count of reckless driving contrary to Section 119 of the Traffic and Road Safety Act; and two counts of causing death contrary to Section 108 of the Traffic and Road Safety Act.
Sekibengo, 30, appeared before the Entebbe Chief Magistrate, Mary Kaitesi Lukwago Kisakye on Friday July 1, 2016 and pleaded guilty to all the three traffic offences.
The Court further ordered that the imprisonment sentences are to run concurrently. This means, Mr Sekibengo can be imprisoned up to only two years.
The victims’ relatives and friends in the court were unhappy with the sentence and hurled insults at the presiding magistrate.
Additional reporting by Daily Monitor
